City report · Osun State, Nigeria
Ile-Ife Air quality today
Air quality in Ile-Ife currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 60
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.3
- tree cover
- 19.6%
- trees in this area
- 61.6K
- more trees needed
- 32.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ife, Osun, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jan 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ile-Ife · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Ile-Ife's tree count comes to 61,575 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,673 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ile-Ife today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Ibadan and Ijede
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.3
PM10
26.8
NO₂
2.3
O₃
105.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
286.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ile-Ife's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 72 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6.
Where Ile-Ife stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ile-Ife: Below target
19.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
61,575
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
32,673
CO₂ if planted / yr
718.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ile-Ife lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ile-Ife has lost about 2,690 hectares of forest (about 3,800 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,690 haabout 3,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,680 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 217 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 158 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 364 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2006 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2007 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2008 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2009 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2010 | 151 ha | under 1 ha | 151 ha |
| 2011 | 59 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2012 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2013 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2014 | 129 ha | under 1 ha | 129 ha |
| 2015 | 87 ha | under 1 ha | 87 ha |
| 2016 | 97 ha | under 1 ha | 97 ha |
| 2017 | 363 ha | 1 ha | 364 ha |
| 2018 | 96 ha | under 1 ha | 96 ha |
| 2019 | 124 ha | under 1 ha | 124 ha |
| 2020 | 108 ha | under 1 ha | 108 ha |
| 2021 | 277 ha | under 1 ha | 277 ha |
| 2022 | 246 ha | 1 ha | 247 ha |
| 2023 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2024 | 186 ha | under 1 ha | 186 ha |
| 2025 | 282 ha | 1 ha | 283 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ile-Ife?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good46% · 1,250 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good44% · 1,180 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.7% · 260 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 21,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,200 ha
- Overall change
- −1,270 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ile-Ife shrank from about 21,400 hectares to 20,200 hectares, a net loss of about 1,270 hectares (−5.9%). New forest grew on about 366 hectares, but 1,640 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Frequently asked
Questions about Ile-Ife
What is the air quality (AQI) in Ile-Ife right now?
The latest reading for Ile-Ife shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ile-Ife today?
At AQI 60 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Ile-Ife been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ile-Ife's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 72 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ile-Ife lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ile-Ife has lost about 2,690 hectares of forest (about 3,800 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 217 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 158 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ile-Ife shrank from about 21,400 hectares to 20,200 hectares, a net loss of about 1,270 hectares (−5.9%). New forest grew on about 366 hectares, but 1,640 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ile-Ife?
Ile-Ife has an estimated 61,575 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.6% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ile-Ife need?
Ile-Ife needs roughly 32,673 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 718.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ile-Ife's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Ife; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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